#542986#542986

#542986 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.148 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#542986
RGB	rgb(84, 41, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, 39.25, -44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 59.45, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% 0.0761 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.148 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.7511, 5.1919, 23.0907)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#542986 #5B8629

analogous

#292D86 #542986 #832986

triadic

#542986 #865429 #298654

tetradic

#542986 #86292D #5B8629 #298683

square

#542986 #86292D #5B8629 #298683

split-complementary

#542986 #868329 #2D8629

monochromatic

#190C28 #371B57 #542986 #7137B5 #905CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#542986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#542986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #542986

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##542986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##542986	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #542986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 41, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.148 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8966aa',
    500: '#542986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #542986;
$custom-light: #8966aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#542986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.742,
    "s": 53.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39028,
    "c": 0.14819,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#542986

secondary

#89B358

accent

#DD4B99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #542986

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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